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When I bought a new laptop (generic--I couldn't pay for an HP) I was disappointed with the poor performance of the machine, and I was angered by the stupidity of the new version of Windows.

I do not use computers for entertainment. I am not impressed by the television commercials that are supposed to wow people with the fact that the new Microsoft product has a keyboard that can be taken off and put back on.

If I could have afforded a professional grade laptop, I would have bought one. I bought my previous laptop used from a friend. It had Windows XP, which I still believe is the best operating system Microsoft has produced.

The previous laptop, for which I had paid $75, was unusable at first because someone had a bunch of extraneous software on it, which included games, music, and about five antimalware programs that were working all at once. Once I cleaned it up, it became a great computer--almost a friend.

Then, Microsoft ended support for Windows XP, and this forced me to get a newer machine. I bought a generic laptop from Acer, which has turned out to be barely usable. 

And then there is Microsoft word. I didn't want to pay for Word, so I tried downloading a free word processing app from the web. This turned out to be inadequate. So now, I am stuck paying $7 a month for rental of Microsoft office. The latest version of word also isn't very good, not as good as an earlier version that I had on my $75 laptop. 

Why is technology moving backwards instead of forward? 

And don't get me started talking of cloud storage--just don't. 

But now there is a glimmer of hope. Microsoft, with its free download of Windows 10, is tacitly acknowledging that Windows 8 was a mistake. Offering anything for free has been increasingly uncharacteristic of Microsoft. But, apparently, due to how much of a disaster Windows 8 has turned out to be, Microsoft's name is at stake. 

Meanwhile, I am stuck with this Acer laptop. I will probably look on the web for some tweaking that can be done to get it working better.